Saturday, December 19, 2015

A Tree Full Of Ornaments

My dear friend Carol…Yes, the same Carol who sent me the gorgeous crochet blanket, sent me this beauty…

Designer: Little House Needleworks 
Design: Peace
Stitched by: Carol S.

Beautifully stitched and finished (as always!). Viewing the two ladies I immediately thought of our friendship. What a perfect ornament to stitch for a friend. Thank you so much, Carol. I love, love, love this one!

Here is the ornament that I sent to Carol…

Designer: The Victoria Sampler
Design: Just One More Stitch
From: 2014 JCS Ornament Issue
Stitched for: Carol S.

Carol spent a great deal of time this year crocheting beautiful blankets so I thought this ornament would be the perfect choice.  

I did personalized the back…

Connie A. stitched this beautiful exchange ornament for me…

Designer: Little House Needleworks
Design: Merry Christmas
Stitched by: Connie A.

LHN certainly does have some of the best Christmas ornament designs. Connie's stitching/finishing is impeccable! She also sent me the cutest bottle cap style snowman magnets.  Thanks for making this a great exchange, Connie. 

My DS got married last July so I search through my JCS Ornament magazines to find the perfect design and came up with this one… 

Designer: Sam Sarah Design Studio
Design: Two Flakes in Love
From: 2012 JCS Ornament Issue
Stitched for: G/M

This one was stitched for a friend in Austria…

Designer: Prairie Schooler
Stitched for: Markus K.

And for my dear friend in Virginia Beach…

Designer: Country Cottage Needleworks
Design: Snow Birds
From: 2012 JCS Ornament Issue
Stitched for: Mary K.

This little gem was stitched three times…

Design from: Christkindl Book #136 
By Rico Design
Fabric: 25 count white Lugana 
Floss: DMC
Stitched for: Kathleen C., Margaret C., Meg P.

Lastly, I stitched this one for my tree…


I decided to stitch just the head of one of the Prairie Schooler Santa designs, but I can't remember which one right now.


Have a wonderful holiday!

Thanks for stopping by
Until next time…

15 comments:

Vickie said...

Aren't you very blessed with your many friends and gorgeous gifts they made you?! You have made them some beauties as well. Love the choice for you son and DIL.

Anna van Schurman said...

Lovely ornaments! I'm putting off finishing the ornaments for my nieces because they are oval. Do you mind if I ask how you made sick a lovely well-formed oval ornament?

Anna van Schurman said...

*such

Robin in Virginia said...

What wonderful ornaments you stitched and finished, Marie! I really like the PS Santa head only that you stitched and the triangular shaped PS ornament.

lynda said...

Lovely ornaments!

Marilyn said...

Great ornaments finishes.
Love that little stocking.
Happy Holidays!
Marilyn

Weronika said...

Wonderful ornamnets! Merry Christmas!

Faye said...

All of the ornaments are just beautiful Marie.... I especially like the last one where you stitched the head of the PS Santa.... Nice job!!

Maggee said...

Yummm... those cookies in your header made me hungry! What a beautiful group of stitched ornaments you made and finished! And you received a couple of beauties also. Have a Merry, Blessed Christmas!

Jeanne said...

Love all the ornaments Marie - both the ones you stitched and the ones you recieved as gifts. How lucky for you getting to meet a fellow blogger at a needlework show! I'm glad you are still blogging and keeping up with your stitching. Merry Christmas Marie and all good wishes to you for 2016!

Brigitte said...

Oh Marie, all these ornaments are just gorgeous. And all are so wonderfully stitched and beautifully finished. I'm in awe of all these finishing skills, yours and the ones of the stitchers who sent you some of these little beauties.
Whenever I go through my collection or JCS ornament issues I see so many designs that I love and that I want to stitch but then I forget about them and when I remember it's too late for a Christmas gift. That hs been going this way for many years now but I hope to change that pattern and stitch more ornaments through next year.
Have a great Christmas holiday.

Carol said...

Wow! What a treat to see all of these beauties, Marie! You and Carol stitched such nice things for each other and your ornament for your new Daughter-in-law is so precious. I've never seen that design, but it is perfect for the newlyweds. I hope your Christmas in California will be very special--I'm sure you'll miss being with your sons. I know we will soon be heading that way, too, and I'm not looking forward to it...

Merry Christmas, Marie!

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

What an amazing tree full of ornies. I am sure the recipients will love them as much as we do!
Your finishing is really very neat.

Vickie said...

All your ornaments are so pretty!!!! I love them all!!!!

Sherry said...

I love all the ornaments! How lucky you are to have so many friends bless you with their work.